Umbilically vs Load Shedding
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Umbilically
This app provides parents with real-time insights into their child's day at crèche. Features include direct communication with teachers, daily schedules, a digital diary, and photo updates, offering peace of mind and enhanced control over their child's care.
- Parent/Teacher chat
- Medication administration
- Daily crèche and meals schedule
- Child pickup coordination
- Digital child diary
- Live photo feed
- Important event notifications
Read full descriptionHide full description
As a parent, your child is always your first priority. When you drop off your child at crèche in the morning do you wonder if the teachers will take care of your child as well as you would? Do you want to be more informed and in control of what is happening at your child’s crèche? Introducing Umbilically™. Umbilically™ is an App that gives you, the parent, insight to your child while they are at crèche. Umbilically™ is packed with features such as a Parent / Teacher chat, Medication administration, child pickup, daily crèche and meals schedule, important school events notifications, your child’s digital diary, absenteeism tracker, school newsletter, extra curriculum activities, live photo feed and more! Dear parent, enjoy the added peace of mind with this simple to use tool while your child learns & grows. Umbilically™ – connect with your child.
Load Shedding
Stay informed about power outage schedules in Zambia. This application provides official information directly from ZESCO to help you plan accordingly.
- Load shedding schedule updates
- Official ZESCO information
- Zambia-specific
- Planning tool
Read full descriptionHide full description
The load shedding app helps you stay abreast with the load shedding schedule in Zambia. It is based on official schedule from ZESCO.
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Load Shedding at 100% against Umbilically's 33%. Load Shedding also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). Umbilically's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Umbilically holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Load Shedding has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Umbilically's written reviews are positive against 100% of Load Shedding's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Umbilically | Load Shedding |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AIMWEB Global Web Solutions Pty Ltd | Apptorney Ltd |
Customer experience
Umbilically
Load Shedding
In-app purchases
Umbilically
No in-app purchases
Load Shedding
No in-app purchases
